Sketchbook Revival is a free series of short presentations designed to jump start your creativity. Many of the Top Drawers participated in it this year to varying degrees depending on their interest levels.
April 1, 2022, TD Zoom #68
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SURVIVING SKETCHBOOK REVIVAL
Here’s who showed up to share their work from this past week: Marsha, Jane, Hugh, Pat, Danita, Barb So, Peggy, Daisy, Sandy, Bev, Laura, & Bitty. Bitty was totally oblivious to Sketchbook Revival, because she was out in the field (so to speak), busy recording what she saw. Lovely watercolors! Laura, on the other hand, was seriously into SR, from collage to finding characters in blobs of watercolor on the page – she got into it with zest! Bev couldn’t resist doing a local scene sketch, then got into the SR prompts, too. Fun! Meanwhile, Sandy is still busy capturing local scenes in the Boise area – enchanting! 
Here are some scenes from Hugh’s viewpoints. 
Back to Sketchbook Revival prompts – Daisy had a blast with them! Peggy is still out communing with the trees, which get better each time. Way to go! BarbSo enjoyed doing the prompts, too, even the lovely ballerina. Danita decided she didn’t like her first person-with-dog, so she tried it again & again! Meanwhile, Pat was still back revisiting scenes from the Taos sketch trip – charming! Jane was totally off in her own world of playing with numbers. Marsha claimed she didn’t have anything publishable, but the webmaster disagrees. -
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Marsha, Jane (who came late), Pat, Peggy, Danita, Bev (who declined to share for publication – what a perfectionist!), Laura, Daisy, and Tricia who left early. 
Daisy got caught up in Sketchbook Revival mini-lesson challenges – wow! 
Here are Danita’s responses to the lessons. 
Jane had a good time following & not following instructions (such a rebel). 
Laura really got into including flowers in her work this week. 
Here are Marsha’s lesson responses (love that bloom!). 
Pat is still responding to our sketch trip to Taos – lucky us! 
Peggy’s use of yellow gives us all hope for Spring! 
Tricia captured some of the lovely lines of Taos. -
Going Southwest in Our Sketches!
Mar. 18, 2022, zooming from our homes after the return of many who wenton Ken O’Connell’s “The Spirit of the Sketch” workshop in Taos, NM
Pat, Jane, Marsha, Sandy, Barbara, Danita, Hugh, Laura, Tricia, Bev, Peggy, Daisy. 
Pat really go into the spirit at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House, & Ghost Ranch. 
Despite frequent naps due to the change of altitude, Jane loved doing these sketches. 
Sandy flourished in the snowy site, as her sketches show. 
Hugh found a timesheet book to sketch in, had a blast in Taos! 
Laura found herself fascinated by the designs found everywhere. 
Tricia packs a lot into her large page spreads – nice! 
Daisy’s sketchbook was smaller, so she did 2 page spreads to get all the details
Daisy’s sketchbook was smaller, so she did 2 page spreads to get all the details
Bitty wasn’t on the sketch trip, but her own SW trip – super landscapes! 
Marsha kept getting photo sent to her from Laura for virtual sketching with us! 
Peggy was on a remembrance trip, with a sunflower in support of the Ukraine. 
Bev continued the sunflower theme, along with random sketches! 
Barb So didn’t go on the trip, but stayed home to capture hints of Spring! -
Stamp Ahead Sketchers
Jan. 4, 2022, our 3rd annual stamping party for our new year sketchbooks
Tutti welcomed everyone at the door, the people & supplies came in & fun began! 
The idea is to go ahead in your new sketchbook, doing random stamping. 
We had lots of background stamps to share, and lots of letting go of planning. 
Some people tried using ink spritzer sprayers with stencils, too. 
Ken brought an air compressor attachment auto use Copic markers in layers 
You’ll have to come back to see what sketches are added to these juicy backgrounds! -
Surgery’s a not a sketch stopper!
Dec. 12, 2021, 5th St. Market
Jane, our webmaster, just got out of brain surgery in time to bring her son Sean along to sketch with the group! Apologies for a spacier report than usual, mostly stolen from Facebook photos by Peggy! Thanks.
Almost all of us there: Sean, Jane, Marsha, Daisy, Erik, Laura 
Such a delight to have Erik back, & going into watercolor. 
Daisy got a view across the room – such charm. 
Eva was at the next table, having fun with iridescent paints. 
Gail en;oys playing with pointillism. (is that how you spell it?) 
Jane was so happy to be withh her son Sean – not a lot of sketching, though. 
Jim H. reallly.eally got caught up in the colorful detail around us. 
Marsha was just glad to be there – time for a sketch break. 
Laura had some great fingerless gloves to keep her fingers nimble. 
Lynda decided people were too difficult to draw, so chose CHAIRS! ACK! 
When Peggy wasn’t running around taking photos, she sketched decorations. 
Sean tried his mom’s framing format, and WATERCOLOR! You go, guy!
